Even if Licht’s pay for 2019 is guaranteed, a housecleaning remains possible, since the buyout obligation would be manageable. Coach Dirk Koetter has a contract that runs through 2020. Some believe that another poor season from the Buccaneers will trigger major changes in Tampa.

The Buccaneers haven’t been to the playoffs since 2007. Quarterback Jameis Winston was supposed to change that, but the team hasn’t made it to the postseason in any of his three years with the franchise.

It’s unclear whether it will take a playoff appearance to avoid changes for 2019. It is clear that the Bucs find themselves in a division with three Super Bowl contenders, making it even harder to stand out.

16 responses to “Buccaneers extend Jason Licht, through 2019”

That, right there, should have been enough for him to have been immediately escorted out the door, to never again have a job in the NFL. Bad enough that Aguayo was taken in the second round. But the Bucs traded up to get him???

Sometimes mistakes happen. Everyone makes them. But some mistakes are so bad that the perpetrator should be told: “You’ll never work in this industry again.”

That’s like me installing and configuring a software package that has inconsistent performance and craps the bed when I go home and installing another package that just sucks and I have to end up working for two years in hopes of getting it to work, only to end up throwing it in the trash. Then I get a raise and extension.